Comments Thread For: Povetkin Drills Perez In One, Earns Wilder Title Shot

[beez721]

wilder beats him easy with jabs reach and footwork..pov only has a punchers chance and wilder took stiverne's best shot...gosh i hope wilder goes to moscow and put it on nbc or showtime...that crowd will prove that boxing is on top.

povetkin is fast on his feet tho and good at getting underneath and countering. I think hes going to chop wilder down like a tree. obviously wilder has that descent punchers chance tho

[Russian Crushin]

What happened to Perez's punch resistance? I guess that's heavyweights for you.

He spun around and just stopped there with his chin up in the air

[Dr.Eisenfaust]

Absolutely. After the crime against boxing that was the Wlad-Povetkin fight, AP has become a new animal. We've seen how poor Wlad looked with a fair ref against limited featherfist Jennings. With a fair ref Povetkin shatters Wlad's glass jaw into a million pieces.

Jennings isn't limited at all. But yes, that's a 70-30 fight in favour of Povetkin. I kind of admire Fury, he's got talent but I highly doubt that he would stand a chance against Povetkin.

[puro dinamita]

Alexander Povetkin needed just 91 seconds to plead his case for another title shot, twice dropping Mike Perez en route to a 1st round knockout Friday evening in Moscow, Russia.

With the win, Povetkin is now the mandatory challenger to unbeaten heavyweight titlist Deontay Wilder.
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holy **** man povetking hope he get that wilder shot

[North Star]

Didnt he already beat him or was that Vitali

Wladimir. It was a relativley normal Klitschko showing too.

[Daddy T]

Wilder has a puncher's chance ... well probably better than that due to natural height and reach advantages etc but povetkin would have to be a BIG favorite

[Tobi.G]

Absolutely. After the crime against boxing that was the Wlad-Povetkin fight, AP has become a new animal. We've seen how poor Wlad looked with a fair ref against limited featherfist Jennings. With a fair ref Povetkin shatters Wlad's glass jaw into a million pieces.

You realy dont know much about boxing. Even though Povetkin is another animal now, he still would not land his power on Wlad. Hes stronger and in better shape but....come on!

[Foreign Soil]

he spun him, squared him up and thats all she wrote. he did a little roman gonzales pivot.

You mean Gonzalez does the Russian school of shifting, don't you? Povetkin's been fighting this way since the amateurs...

[beez721]

About an hour ago he was #2, but know, to me, he became #1. Klitschko has no chance without holding him...no chance !

dunno about that. wlad was hurting povetkin every time he touched him. obviously povetkin has a much better chance with a competent ref this time but id still favor wlad at least slightly

[The Gambler1981]

I think that Klit manages the ring much better than Wilder though Wilder is improving.

If Wilder misses with the big bomb and Povetkin is in there, it's good night.

Love the fight. Hope it happens!'

Kind of but that wasn't even a factor in Wlad-Povetkin because Povetkin was like a bull in a china shop trying to get inside Wlad's range. He got caught a number of times on the way in, but he also smothered his own work (when he did work once he got in which was pretty rare) taking away his only real shot.

He has to fight way more controlled if he wants to beat Wilder, because unlike Wlad-Povetkin he won't get let off the hook if he gets hurt which Wlad did on numerous occasions.

It is a nice contrast if it happens though, but that reach advantage will still be a ***** for Povetkin unless he has a way better plan. He can obvious hurt Wilder if he can find the correct range though, just way easier to say that than do that.